Grossmont College - Community College Profile

Academic Overview

Grossmont College is a 2-4 years, public school located in El Cajon, California. For the academic year 2023-2024, the tuition & fees are $1,332 for California residents and $10,628 for other students on average. It offers 141 degree programs through 39 Certificate, 73 Associate's programs. The average earning in 10 years after graduation from the school is $39,400.

Directory Information and Key Academic Statistics
Type	2-4 years, public
Address	8800 Grossmont College Dr, El Cajon, CA
Phone	619-644-7000
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024) »	In-State$1,332 Out-of-State$10,628
Student Population »	12,862 Total Enrollment
Graduation Rate »	28%
Transfer-out Rate	10%
Retention Rate	71% (Full-time) 47% (Part-time)
Average Financial Aid »	$3,873
Students to Faculty	19:1 (5.26%)
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$39,400

2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2024 tuition & fees are $1,332 for California residents and $10,628 for out-of-state students at Grossmont College. Its tuition & fees are cheaper than the average tuition ($9,880) over public community colleges in California.

The following table shows the 2023-2024 tuition & fees, books & supplies, and living costs at Grossmont College. Then, we compare its costs to California community colleges and all U.S. community colleges. In addition, the chart shows the changes in tuition over the last 5 years.

Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs at the school. You can check more comprehensive tuition information on the cost of attendance page.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Cost Of Attendance
	California Residents	Out-of-State
Tuition & Fees	$1,332	$10,628
Books & Supplies	$1,200
Off-Campus Living Costs	$24,900
Average Financial Aid	$3,873
Cost of Attendance	$27,432	$36,728
After Financial Aid	$23,559	$32,855
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$39,400

Cost per Credit Hour

2024 Tuition & Fees and Comparison
	California Residents	Out-of-State Students
Grossmont College	$1,332	$10,628
Public Community Colleges in California	$1,615	$9,880
Public Community Colleges in U.S.	$4,939	$8,623

Offered Degrees/Programs By Area of Study

Grossmont College offers Certificate and Associate's programs - 39 Certificate, 73 Associate's. The following table summarizes the number of offered programs by degree types.

Total Number of Programs
	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Online Programs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Total Programs	39	73	NOT OFFERED

The next tables list major programs with offered degrees and online availability. The number on each column denotes the conferred degree of the program.

The numbers include completers through on-campus classes and partially online classes as well as only online classes. Only in Classroom means that the program is offered only on-site classes and not offered denotes that the school does not offer the program.

You may want to see all schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

what is Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Area Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Ethnic Studies	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	NOT OFFERED	32 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Journalism	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Radio and Television	9 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Communications Technologies

what is Communications Technologies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Computer and Information Sciences	NOT OFFERED	16 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Computer Programming/Programmer	12 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	9 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Science	NOT OFFERED	60 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	NOT OFFERED	25 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Personal and Culinary Services

what is Personal and Culinary Services program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	10 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	11 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Japanese Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Russian Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
German Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
French Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	10 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Arabic Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
American Sign Language (ASL)	NOT OFFERED	19 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

what is Work and Family Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Child Care and Support Services Management	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Child Care Provider/Assistant	23 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	21 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	29 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Creative Writing	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	1,107 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	514 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	NOT OFFERED	98 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	70 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	35 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Biological and Physical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	246 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	NOT OFFERED	11 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Philosophy	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Chemistry	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	NOT OFFERED	11 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	117 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Corrections	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	13 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	110 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Criminal Justice/Police Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Homeland Security	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Forensic Science and Technology	29 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	20 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Public Administration and Social Service Professions (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Anthropology	NOT OFFERED	11 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Economics	NOT OFFERED	203 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Geography	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	NOT OFFERED	20 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	NOT OFFERED	45 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Visual and Performing Arts	NOT OFFERED	9 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Dance	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	17 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	29 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Photography	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Art/Art Studies	NOT OFFERED	23 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Drawing	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Sculpture	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Ceramic Arts and Ceramics	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Music	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Visual and Performing Arts (other)	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist	NOT OFFERED	27 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED	25 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions (other)	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	87 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	10 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	138 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	265 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Retail Management	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	NOT OFFERED	13 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Hospitality Administration/Management	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
International Business/Trade/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
History	NOT OFFERED	24 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Student Population

There are 12,862 students at Grossmont College including both full-time and part-time students. By gender, 5,171 male students and 7,852 female students are attending the school.

The following table shows the total number of students by gender and attending status at the school. You can check more enrollment information of the school.

Student Population
	Total	Full-Time	Part-time
Total	13,023	3,916	9,107
Male Students	5,171	1,649	3,522
Female Students	7,852	2,267	5,585

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

At Grossmont College, there are 12,862 students including in both full-time and part-time status. Of that, 8,839 students were attending classes through distance learning (5,068 students are enrolled exclusively and 3,771 are enrolled in some online courses) .

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	12,862
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	5,068
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	3,771
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	4,023